# The Christianaires

The Christianaires was an American black gospel music group from Sontag, Mississippi, they were active from 1983 until 2004. At its inception, The group consisted of two sibling pairs, two brothers, Arnold and Ronald Brown, and two more brothers, Paul and Tyrone Porter. Later on with the subtraction of Paul Porter and Ronald Brown, the group added George Carter and Charles Porter. They released ten albums with various labels during their tenure, and those were 1989's Walking with Me, 1990's Ain't No Way I Could and Another Step Forward, 1993's The Vision Becomes Clearer, 1995's Thru the Storm and Reaching Out, 1997's Saints Hold On, 1998's Standing Room Only, 2001's Thank You, and 2004's Stand Up! Live. The group's albums Another Step Forward, The Vision Becomes Clearer, Standing Room Only, and Thank You charted on the Billboard Gospel Albums chart.

## Background

The Detroit, Michigan-based black gospel group, The Christianaires started in 1983 and ceased in 2004. They were made up of James Lee two pairs of siblings from their outset the brothers, Arnold and Ronald Brown, and the other two brothers, Paul and Tyrone Porter, which they were cousins the Browns and Porters. They would add with the departure of two of their members Paul Porter and Ronald Brown, the group would replace them with George Carter and Charles Porter.

## History

The quartet released ten albums from 1989 until 2004, with four of them charting on the Billboard Gospel Albums chart. The releases were with various labels over the course of the group's tenure, and those albums were: 1989's Walking with Me, 1990's Ain't No Way I Could and Another Step Forward, 1993's The Vision Becomes Clearer, 1995's Thru the Storm and Reaching Out, 1997's Saints Hold On, 1998's Standing Room Only, 2001's Thank You, and 2004's Stand Up! Live. The four albums that charted on the Gospel Albums chart were: Another Step Forward at No. 31, The Vision Becomes Clearer at No. 17, Standing Room Only at No. 17, and Thank You at No. 8. The last one charted on the Independent Albums chart at No. 34.

## Members

* Anthony Brown
* Ronald Brown
* Paul Porter
* Tyrone Porter (Deceased)
* George Carter
* Charles Porter
* James Lee (Deceased)

## Discography

List of albums, with selected chart positions :
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | US Gos | US Indie |
| Walking with Me | Released: 1989 Label: Muscle Shoals CD, digital download | – | – |
| Ain't No Way I Could | Released: 1990 Label: Atlanta International CD, digital download | – | – |
| Another Step Forward | Released: 1990 Label: Muscle Shoals CD, digital download | 31 | – |
| The Vision Becomes Clearer | Released: 1993 Label: A&M CD, digital download | 17 | – |
| Thru the Storm | Released: 1995 Label: Aircentral CD, digital download | – | – |
| Reaching Out | Released: 1996 Label: Compendia CD, digital download | – | – |
| Saints Hold On | Released: 1997 Label: CGI CD, digital download | – | – |
| Standing Room Only | Released: 1998 Label: Platinum CD, digital download | 17 | – |
| Thank You | Released: 2001 Label: Marxan CD, digital download | 8 | 34 |
| Stand Up! Live | Released: 2004 Label: Marxan CD, digital download | – | – |